Portable large roll paper holder and cutter



y 3, 1952 s. J. BlNA PORTABLE LARGE ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER Filed July 20, 1951 ATTORNEY iatentecl May 13, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PORTABLE LARGE ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER This invention relates generally to paper roll holders and cutters, and more particularly to such devices of the portable type, adapted to handle the larger size paper rolls in warehouses, grain elevators, flour mills, furniture factories and others that require portability especially over a large area.

Warehouses, public and private, that require 45 inch and 60 inch and '72 inch width heavy kraft paper for wrapping and packing must carry the roll of paper to where it is needed, and this may involve a distance from 50 feet to 200 or more. For example, a 72 inch roll of kraft with a standard 9 inch diameter weighs about 105 to 110 pounds. A inch diameter roll weighs around 325 to 350 pounds. It is impractical and wasteful to attempt to carry these rolls to where they are needed, because their use is requiredin different parts of the warehouse and that varies from day to day depending on what type of commodity is to be packed. My portable paper rack and cutter can be easily handled by one person even with the 350 pound roll. This saves time and effort, expense and a saving of manpower and lends itself to more efficiency in any type of business where heavy rolls of paper are used.

In a grain elevator, each car is lined with kraft paper, a 72 inch roll being generally used because that is the height of the grain car door and grain loading height inside the car. One man can easily roll my holder and cutter to the base of operation (inside the car), and tear off as many pieces of paper as required for the job, and it is finished. On the other hand, the old way is to walk into the elevator, tear off a few feet, then go back for another, and so on, which often requires several trips and in some cases where the box car is in poor repair, it requires several trips, as many as 15 to trips back and forth. Flour mills have much the same problem except they have more area to cover and consequently more carrying back and forth of paper.

Furniture factories especially have large floor areas and paper is used all over, and further my portable apparatus will cut down handling and a definite saving on paper because only what is actually needed is conveniently torn off.

To obviate such present inefficient and unsatisfactory operation, is one of the objects of this invention, in providing a portable holder and cutter, adapted to handle efficiently such large rolls of paper, and other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and claims, together with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention in the vertical position.

Fig. 2 is a side view of my invention in its horizontal position.

Fig. Bis a section On the line 3-3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail of the upper part of my invention, partially in section, to show upper mounting thereof.

Fig. 5 is a section 011 the line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the lower part of my invention, partially in section, to show the lower mounting thereof.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line l'-'l in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, the main frame of my invention comprises a rigid, tubular rod Ill, preferably welded at one end H to a base plate l2, and also preferably welded to the base plates integral, right-angled-turned flange [3, which in turn is secured to bracket l4, and mounted, for portable use, on axle l5 and casters [6. The base [2 is preferably of square or slightly rectangular shape, as shown, and of sufficient strength and dimensions to support the weight of a roll of paper 1?, mounted thereon. The rod [0, which may be of any suitable dimensions, such as oneinch outside diameter and one-eighth inch wall, to combine strength and lightness, is shown welded to a center of a side edge of base i2, and also welded to the side flange 13 thereof, on which latter the axle and casters are attached, as above mentioned. Brace rods l8, welded at l 8' near the lower end of rod I 0, extend outwardly atsuitable angles, to be welded at [9, to base I 2, so as to maintain such rod i0 and base I2 rigidly perpendicular to each other. Secured near the opposite end of rod I0: is a floor-rest bracket 20, preferably of triangular shape, with apex 2| of the triangle secured to rod Ill, and with legs 22 and 23 of the triangle extending outwardly to base 24, thus cooperating with casters It, in making rod Ill lie substantially horizontal when in position shown in Fig. 2.

As shown more in detail in Fig. 6, a disc 25 has a central integral stud 2t projecting downwardly through an aperture in base i2, and a nut 21 is adapted to be threaded thereon, to prevent withdrawal of the stud upwardly, and yet permit rotation of the disc 25 relative to the base I2, it being understood that the paper roll I1 rests upon, and rotates with, disc 25. Near the opposite end of red I 0 and slidable thereon, is a collar 28, formed by the wrapped-around end of paper-roll brace 29, preferably made of strap metal, and having it opposite end 29 wrapped around and preferably welded to pin 30, which is formed with a conical end 3| to fit in the upper end 32 of the core 33 of paper roll ll, when the opposite end 34 of the core fits over the upwardly projecting pin 35 on disc 25. V

A handle 36 is formed on the upper end of rod [0, and a thumb nut 3'! is provided to lock collar 28 in position, after being slid up on rod ID, to permit mounting of the paper roll 11 between upper "pin 3| and lower pin 35, at opposite ends of the paper roll. A bolt 38 may be used to rigidly secure together the bracket arm 29 and the pin 30. At spaced intervals, hinged metal straps 39 project outwardly from rod IIL'tosi pport a swinging rod 4i], which in turn carries spaced metal straps 4|, the outer ends of which, 42, are secured to cutter blade 43. Each of such hinged metal straps 39 comprises two arms and 45, pivoted together at 46, with arm 44 rigidly secured to rod 10, and arm 45 loosely rotatable about rod 4il, and pivoted at 46 to the outer end of arm 44. For urging cutter blade 43 into contact with the paper ,roll il, wire sp n s have n e u d tor d 44 and onposite ends 48 pressing against respective faces of straps 4 As a Su lem n al o nec o tween rods it and 40, near the center of each, a single bracket arm 49 is curved to fit around the periphery of the paper roll I1 and has one end m wi h o a 5 0se enc lin rod an th other en f rm d w th a l r to encir le d and a ine n t 52 o k c lla 5| in adjusted position. The cutter blade 43 is ef ra ly l n n ugh. to erl e a d c pa rom th lon e p e r l IT a a ted t be su b e be e t nd o rame r Ht down into the upper end of the paper core. The

bracket arm 49 is adjusted to hold the swinging rod) and cutter blade 43 in functional relation to the paper roll. The entire device, thus loaded at a convenient paper-roll storage station, is their wheeled'into the railroad car to a spotconl venient t o where needed for use, and the roll of paper, with its supporting disc, then rotated, and a piece of paper un-wound to the length desired, and then cut off against the sharp edge'of the porting means comprising a plurality of spaced arms, each of said arms being formed by link members having their respective inner ends piv- Qted together, and their outer ends pivoted respectively to said frame rod and swinging rod, a cutter bar, and means for supporting said cutter bar from saidSWinging rod, said last-named supporting means comprising a plurality of spaced arms, each of said lastenamed arms having one end secured to the cutter bar and the opposite end pivoted to'the swinging bar, means for urging said cutter banto ward the roll of paper, said urging means comprising a wire spring having one end secured'to the swinging rod and the other end pressing on the face of said last-named arm.

2. In a paper holder and cutter, the combination of a main frame rod, a frame base secured to said frame rodand adapted to Support a roll of paper, a swinging rod, means for supporting said swinging rod from said frame rod, said supporting means comprising a plurality of spaced arms, each of said arms being formed by link members'having their respective inner ends pivoted together, and theirouter ends pivoted respectively. to said frame rod and swinging rod, means for supportin g'said cutter bar from said swinging bar, means for urging said cutter 'bar toward said'roll of paper, and a supplemental bracket arm having its ends pivoted respectively to said frame rod: and swinging rod.

STANLEY J. BINA.

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